Prison escape artist doesn't get free this time
His first two prison escapes in Greece were spectacular and successful, aboard helicopters chartered by accomplices. But when Albanian inmate Alket ...
Convicted criminal holds hostages in Greek prison
Authorities in Greece say a convicted prisoner in Greece trying to escape for the third time has taken six hostages— both prison officers and ...
France: Discretion needed to free Nigeria hostages
France is adopting a "determined and discrete" approach to safeguard the lives of eight French hostages kidnapped by extremist groups in and near ...
Rights groups: Syrian rebels often kill captives
Syrian rebels routinely kill captured soldiers and suspected regime informers, human rights monitors said Thursday, warning of mounting war crimes ...
Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey release 8 captives
Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq freed eight captured Turkish soldiers and officials on Wednesday as part of peace efforts between Turkey and the ...
Lebanon, Greece name hostages killed in Nigeria
Lebanon and Greece have identified the hostages killed by Islamic extremists in Nigeria, though two people remain unaccounted for out of the seven ...
Nigeria: Video shows bodies of foreign hostages
A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria and later ...
Minister: Kurdish rebels to release captives
Turkey's interior minister says Kurdish rebels are expected to release a group of captive soldiers and officials as part of peace efforts between ...
Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria
Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in ...
Italy confirms claim 7 hostages slain in Nigeria
The Italian Foreign Ministry says it has confirmed Nigerian extremists' claim that seven foreign hostages have been killed in Nigeria. The foreigners, ...
Rebels free 21 UN captives in southern Syria
Rebels in southern Syria freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, driving them to the border with Jordan after ...
Nigerian extremists claim they killed 7 hostages
A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern Nigeria, according to an ...
Colombian rebel group releases German hostages
Colombian and international officials say a Colombian rebel group has released two German citizens who were kidnapped four months ago.
Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali
Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the ...
Film of Austrian girl's hostage ordeal premieres
The story of Natascha Kampusch, who grew from a 10-year old to a young woman as a captive of a sadistic abductor, is now a movie. The film depicting ...
Video claims Nigeria sect holds 7 French hostages
A video posted online Monday apparently shows seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon, with a masked militant claiming the radical ...
Kidnapped Austrian says his captors demand ransom
An Austrian man held hostage in Yemen for two months has appealed to his government to save his life, saying his captors would kill him in a week if ...
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